August 10, 2008

The long and short of it

Well, that was three hours of your life you're never going to get back. The game felt so long, Hayden Penn recovered from his sore shoulder and still had plenty of time to trip over his suitcase, which has now been packed for three years.

If you thought you couldn't wait for today's game to end, imagine how Alex Cintron felt. He lost a pop up in the sun in the Rangers' four-run first inning, had a soft line drive skip off the top of his glove in their six-run fifth, hit into a double play in the eighth and generally just seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time all day.

When he grounded into the eighth-inning DP, the crowd let him have it.

He had a rough day, all right, but when the other team scores 15 runs, there's plenty of blame to spread around.

Cintron looked like a bad player at best and a lazy one at worst today. Hopefully all those people who wrote Waters into the rotation for years to come will get real now. I'm not saying we should give up on the guy, but he looked a lot more like the guy who had the kind of minor league stats that he has had. The bullpen looked absolutely as bad as it has all year today. Sweet Lou was a bright spot, along with Roberts and Mora. Dave, play the kid--every day.

Should have traded Waters after the Angels game! His stock was at an all time high. What is Andy Mac doing!!! Make the trade, do not sit on guys like Waters. Now he is worth nothing. We missed the boat on that one. Pathetic. Should have traded him for a Major league ready power hitting and good defensive SS. I am done with this team.

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Peter Schmuck wants you to know that, contrary to popular belief, he is more than just a bon vivant, raconteur and collector of blousy flowered shirts. He is a semi-respected journalist who has covered virtually every sport -- except luge, of course – and tackled issues that transcend the mere games people play. If that isn’t enough to qualify him to provide witty, wide-ranging commentary on the sports world ... and the rest of the world, for that matter ... he is an avid reader of history, biography and the classics, as well as a charming blowhard who pops off on both sports and politics on WBAL Radio. That means you can expect a little of everything in The Schmuck Stops Here, but the major focus will be keeping you up to the minute on Baltimore’s major sports teams and themes, whether it’s throwing up the Orioles lineup the minute it’s announced or updating you on the latest sprained ankle in Owings Mills. Oh, and by the way, that’s Mr. Schmuck to you.